Where to be an Entrepreneur?
Austin tops the list in Entrepreneur!

The Cross-Pollinator: Austin, Texas
“What you have to realize about Austin is that it’s a city of scenes,” explains Bijoy Goswami, founder of the in-person and online community Bootstrap Austin, and Austin’s entrepreneurial culture guru. “We have a music scene, a food scene, a film scene, a tech scene. Recently we’ve gotten to critical mass with an entrepreneur scene, and there are a lot of things going on.” What’s happening is a commingling of creatives facilitated by events like High Tech Happy Hour where participants share their new ideas, Rise Austin seminars where experienced entrepreneurs share their journeys, and the popular South by Southwest Interactive conference. All of that is bolstered by a strong slate of resources like the Tech Ranch and Capital Factory incubators, as well as traditional and boutique VC firms and angel networks. “Theoretically, people here are competing, but the opposite is happening,” Goswami says. “Part of that Texas ethos has percolated into the entrepreneur scene: People in Austin just treat each other well.”

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